Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Jack Howard Jacobs Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: Assistant Battalion Advisor, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, Army of the Republic of Vietnam; 505th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
- Location of Service: Kien Phong Province, Vietnam; Panama; United States
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/89701
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About this Item
Title
- Jack Howard Jacobs Collection
Names
- Wilkerson, Thomas L.
- Jacobs, Jack Howard
- Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation (CMOH)
- unknown interviewer
Home State
- New Jersey
Headings
- - Jacobs, Jack Howard
- - Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Army.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Male
Status
- veteran
Service History
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: Assistant Battalion Advisor, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, Army of the Republic of Vietnam; 505th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
- Location of Service: Kien Phong Province, Vietnam; Panama; United States
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Dates of Service: 1966-1987
- Entrance into Service: Commissioned
- Military Status: veteran
- Service History Note: The veteran earned the Medal of Honor for his service with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Kien Phong Province on 03/09/1968. The veteran also served in the 7th Infantry Division as a battalion executive officer and a battalion commander in the 10th Infantry Regiment.
Materials
- Video: Betacam SP [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2002-09-11)
- Video: Betacam SP [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2002-09-11)
- Video: Betacam SP [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2005-09)
- Video: Betacam SP [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2005-09)
- Video: Betacam SP [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2005-09)
- Manuscript: Biographical information [2 items] -- Typewritten document (collected unknown)
- Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of video recording (collected 2002-2005)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/89701
Cite as
- Jack Howard Jacobs Collection (AFC/2001/001/89701), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- image
- online text
- video
Additional Metadata Formats
Part of
Wars & Conflicts
Service Branch
Location of Service
Service Unit
- 16th Infantry Regiment
- 2nd Battalion
- 505th Infantry Regiment
- 82nd Airborne Division
- 9th Infantry Division
- Army of the Republic of Vietnam
- Assistant Battalion Advisor